FYI /Eric ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- We recently saw a problem with LISTSERV on VM/HPO release 5, and I thought I'd pass along the solution to you in case others have the same problem. I am not on LISTSRV-L, so I don't know if the problem has already been discussed there. The problem is that after a while the RDR command always returns code 36, and LISTSERV is unable to distinguish Netdata files from RFC822 files. Netdata gets treated as plain text and, of course, is invalid. The source of the problem seems to be one or more spool files in the LISTSERV reader queue with an in-use flag left on. The solution is VM29946. It has a lengthy list of prerequisites: VM308440 (8804), VM29982 (8804), VM30661 (8803), VM30573 (8804), VM31846 (8806), VM32339, VM33075, VM31258. We have been running with these fixes for about 4 hours, and no problems have yet been noted (grin). Hope this is useful to somebody. Andy Hooper Phone: +1-613-545-2019 Bitnet: HOOPER@QUCDN Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario CDNnet: [log in to unmask]